Purse kit



April 30, 1935. M. J. E. SMITH PURSE ,KIT

Filed July 18, 1934 2 Sheeflfls-Shevv l INVENTOR 5 BY m m lax ATTORNEYJ atented Apr. 30, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE lllJ'RSE KIT Marion .l. E. Smith, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application July 18, 1934;, Serial No. 735,792

2 Claims. (Cl. 150-32) This invention relates to purse kits adapted to time an article is sought for it seems to have a retain in a womans handbag the toilet articles, trick of hiding in the remotest corner of the etc., commonly carried in the handbag. purse. Also, articles such as cleaning tissue and An object of the invention is to provide a concigarettes tend to be mussed or broken. Even a tainer adapted to be inserted in a womans handwhen handbags provided with pockets are used 5 bag and to effectively retain a variety of articles these are often insufficient and the user is also such as a woman ordinarily carries in her handput to the annoyance of transferring the many bag. toilet articles and necessities from one hand- A further object is to provide a purse kit of bag to another. Since most women have several M such character as to retain articles in readily handbags of different color and material, which accessible position. will in regular use depend upon the occasion, and

A still further object is to provide a purse kit often on the color, of .the womans dress, and of such a character that the same will remain since almost all women" have separate handbags in erect position in the handbag. for afternoon and evening wear, the extra trouble is Still another object is to provide a purse kit involved in transferring the articles from one which will retain a large number of articles in handbag to another is considerable even when an orderly arrangement. the articles are grouped in a disordered mass in Other objects of the invention will in part be the bottom of the handbag; and the greater the obvious and will in part appear hereinafter. number of pockets in the handbags themselves,

The invention accordingly comprises an article the greater this difficulty becomes. Although 20 f m nufac possessing h f ur n p change-purses, bill-folds and the like are often ties, and the relation of elements which will a ried in handbags, the greater part of the conbe exemplified in the article hereinafter det nts of m handbag are commonly scribed and the scope of the application of which ried in a, jumble in the bottom of the handbag will be indicated in the claims. or carried in pockets in the bag with the necessity 25 For a fuller u de stand of the nature and of constant transfer of one bag to another. objects of the invention reference should be had With the foregoing and other diificulties in to the following detailed description taken in i th present i ti contemplates the ectio With the cc p y drawings, in vision of a container adapted to be inserted in a h ch womans handbag and to hold the articles ordi- 30 F r 1 is a per p c iv vi w of a purse kit narily carried in the handbag and to maintain embodying the invention With toilet and other them in an upright position wherein they will be articles contained therein; eadily accessible.

2 s a perspective View Of a handbag ShOW- The purse kit should be of such size that it will ing the purse kit in place therein; readily fit into the usual type of womans hand- Fig. 3 is a showing of the blanks of material bag without folding d may run from about from which a purse kit, Such as Shown in 1, five inches to about eight inches in length and y be d; from about three inches to about five inches in 4 is a from View of an empty purse kit, Such height. The kit is generally rectangular in shape as is shown in Fig. 1, with certain of the secso that it will rest fi l in the bottom f the 40 tions broken away; and handbag 5 is a View Similar to 4 Showmg It is desirable in. many instances that the purse modified form of purse kit be sufficiently flexible so that it may be tem- The invention deals with the container for porarily inserted in a particularly small hand- 40 those articles commonly carried in that form of bag or in a pocket, and in certain of its ore K3 3 32 bag commonly known as a purse or specific aspects the invention contemplates the A l g g purse or handbag commonly com provision of a purse kit of tl'ns nature. tains a large number of articles, such as lipstick, The purige klt may deslrably formed of to mb, h k r h f t, rouge, powder woven fabrics composed of any desired character puff, nail file, nail white holder, cleaning tissue, O ad but y be f d o other Su table mirror, perfume, cigarettes, cold cream, tweezers, material such as fabrics of various types leather etc. These ordinarily become mixed in the bot- (particularly soft leather, such as calfskin, kidtom of the purse with consequent disorder and skin, doeskin, etc.), imitation leather. composidifficulty in finding the desired article, and every tion sheets, rubberized materials, other coated materials, etc. A relatively light-weight fabric is desirable for use in many instances.

While my invention is capable of embodiment in a considerable number of varying constructions, there are specifically exemplified below two forms of construction embodying the invention.

In the construction exemplified in Figs. 1 thru 4, the purse kit I0 is formed to provide at its rear 9, pair of longitudinal pockets H and I2 adapted to contain cleaning tissue l3, handkerchiefs M, or other relatively flat or lengthy articles. Forwardly of these pockets there are provided four vertical pockets l5, l6, l1 and I8 separated one from another by vertical lines of stitching I9. These pockets are adapted to receive articles such as a tube of cold cream 20, mascara box 2|, eyelash curlers 22, comb 23, and lipstick holder 24. These articles, being arranged in vertical posi tion, serve to hold the kit in an upright position in the handbag, and those of the articles which extend to the bottom of the pocket act throughout their length to prevent the sagging of the kit. In order to permit a relatively short article such as the lipstick holder 24 to be held in one of the pockets, this pocket may be shortened as by providing a line of stitching such as indicated at 25 in Fig. 4. In front of the vertical pockets in the present instance there is provided a short longitudinal pocket 26 at the front of the kit in which large or bulky articles, such for instance as powder puff 21, a compact 28, a mirror 29, or other articles such as cigarettes, a large bottle of lotion, etc., may be carried. As is indicated in Fig. 2 the purse kit when inserted in a handbag 21 will contain the various articles in orderly arrangement and in positions where they can be found and removed with the utmost ease. The entire kit can be removed from one handbag and inserted in a handbag of different color or character without any rearrangement of the articles, or other difiiculty.

A purse kit such as exemplified in Fig. 1 may be constructed in any of a variety of ways, but may be formed with particular facility from a series of blanks such as exemplified in Fig. 3. Preferably, the purse kit is composed of lightweight fabric such for instance as silk. The kit is formed from blanks 28, 29 and 30. The blank 28 is composed of two sections 3| and 32, each about the size of the kit, and a third section 33 having a, lesser depth than the depth of the kit. The blank 29 is composed of two sections 34 and 35 substantially similar in size to the sections 3| and 32, but of progressively slightly lesser depth. The blank 30 has a depth slightly less than the depth of the section 35, and has a length greater than the. length of the sections 3! to 35. The section 32 is designed to provide the back of the purse kit and the section 3| is designed to reinforce the section 32, and in the present instance serves the additional purpose of retaining a stiffening element at the back of the purse kit. While flexibility of the purse kit is important in instances where a woman wishes to use the kit ltemporarily in a particularly small handbag, it is nevertheless desirable that the purse kit be stiffened sufliciently, preferably by a flexible element, so that it will not collapse even when the vertical pockets are not full. In the present instance there is provided a stiffening sheet 36 which is desirably composed of stiff fabric such as crinoline, which may be about the size of the section 3|.

In the formation of the kit, the member 36 is laid upon the section 32, the section 3| is folded downwardly over it. The upper and lower edges of the blank 29 are provided with selvage 31 and the section 35 folded upwardly over the section 34. Prior to this operation the blank 30 is provided with selvage along one of its longitudinal edges and is secured to the rear of the section 35 by means of the lines of stitching IS, the blank 30 being gathered together longitudinally prior to this operation so that pockets will be formed and so that the shorter edges of the blank 30 will lie against the edges of the section 35. After the section 35 has been folded upon the section 34 so as to bring the blank 30 with its pockets at ,the front of the blank 29, the folded blank 29 thus formed stitched together; selvage such as indicated at 39, 4D and 4| being desirably provided. The same piece of selvage which provides these portions may provide a portion 42 about the upper edge of the fold-line between the sections 32 and 3| so that the various sections will be assembled, as exemplified in Fig. 4, to provide a purse kit admirably adapted for the purposes outlined.

In Fig. 5 there is exemplified a modified form of purse kit illustrating a manner in which the pocket arrangement may be varied, and a different position in which a reinforcing element may be inserted, if desired. In this form of construetion there is provided a longitudinal pocket 4| between layers 42 and 43 of material such as fabric; a sheet of reinforcing material 44, such as flexible cardboard, between the layer 43, and a layer 45; and vertical pockets 46, 41 and 48 between the layer 45 and a layer 49. Vertical pockets are provided by lines of vertical stitching 50 so positioned that the pocket 49 is of greater extent longitudinally of the purse kit than the other pockets. There is thus provided an especially large pocket which is well adapted to hold a package of cigarettes,-a compact, or other bulky object. A front layer 5| similar to the member 33 may be provided to form a longitudinal pocket 52 across the front of the purse kit. Suitable lines of selvage may be provided as indicated.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A purse kit comprising a sheet of light fabric having an end section folded downwardly upon the sheet to provide a retaining portion, a sheet of heavy fabric inserted between said folds, a second sheet of light fabric folded upwardly upon itself and disposed in front of said downwardly folded end section, and a third sheet of light fabric of a greater length than the width of the first sheet gathered together and disposed with its end edges along the sides of the other sheets in front of the front fold of the second sheet, said first sheet having an upwardly folded end section which lies in front of the lower portion of the third sheet, said sheets being stitched along their side and bottom edges, and said third sheet being secured to the front fold of said second sheet by vertical lines of stitching intermediate its ends to provide vertical pockets.

2. A purse kit, comprising a sheet of material having an end section folded back upon said sheet to provide a backing portion, a second sheet of material folded upwardly upon itself and disposed in front of the folded part of said first sheet, a third sheet of material of greater width than the width of said first sheet, and gathered together and disposed with its side edges along the sides of the other sheets in front of the front fold of said second sheet, said first sheet having an upwardly folded end section which lies in front of the lower portion of the third sheet, said sheets being attached along their side edges, and means for securing said third sheet to the front fold of said second sheet along vertical lines intermediate its sides, to provide vertical pockets.

MARION J. E. SMITH. 

